The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 147 Boutswain; the officer who has charge of all the cordage, rigging, anchors, etc. Bold-shore,; a steep coast, permitting the close approach of shipping. Bolt-rope; the rope which goes round a sail, and to which the canvas is sewed. The side ropes are called leach-ropes; that at the top, the head- rope, and that at the bottom, the foot-rope. Bonnet of a sailis an additional piece of canvas, put to the sail-in mod- erate weather, to hold more wind.--Lace on the bonnet; that is, fasten it to the sail.--Shake off the bonnet; take it off. Boot-topping; cleaning the upper part of a ship's bottom, or that part which lies immediately under the surface of the water, and daubing it over with tallow, or with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, rosin, etc. Both sheets aft; the situation of a ship sailing right before the wind. Bow-grace; a frame of old rope or junk, laid out at the bows, stems, and -- sides of ships, to prevent them from being injured by flakes of 'ice. Bow-lines; lines made fast to the sides of the sails, to haul them forward when upon a wind, which, being hauled taut, enable the re to come aearer to the wind. To bowse; to pull upon any body with a tackle, in order to remove it. Bowsprit; a large mast or piece of timber which stands out from the bows of a ship. Borhauling; a particular method of veering a ship, when hie swell of the sea renders tacking impracticable. Boxing; an operation somewhat similar to boxhauling. It is performed by laying the head sails aback, to receive the greatest force of the wind in a line perpendicular to their surfaces, in order to turn the ship's head into the line of her course, after she has inclined to the windward of it. Braces; the ropes by which the yards are turned about, to i the sails to the wind. To brace the yards; to move the yards, by means of the braces, to any direc- | tion required.-- To brace about; to brace the yards round forthe contrary tack.-- To brace sharp; to brace the yards to a position in which they will make the smallest possible angle with the keel, for the ship to have head- way.--To brace to; to ease off the lee braces, and round in the weather braces, to assist the motion of the ship's head in tacking. Brails; a name peculiar only to certain ropes belonging to the mizzen, used to truss it up to the mast; but it is likewise applied to all the ropes which are employed in hauling up the bottoms, lower corners, and skirts of the other great sails.-- 70 brail up, to haul up a sail by means of the brails, 'for the more ready furling it when necessary. : To break bulk, to begin to unload a ship. To break sheer. When a ship at anchor is forced, by the wind or current, from that position in which she keeps her anchor most free of herself, and = é